Abstract:
The preparation of ammonium uranyl gadolinium carbonate (AUGdC) using (NH
4)
2CO
3 solution from the mixed solution of UO
2(NO
3)
2 and Gd(NO
3)
3 by means of co-precipitation was investigated. The experiment shows that controlling the feed concentration in the range of 300-400 g/L and the volume ratio of (NH4)
2CO
3 and UO
2(NO
3)
2 solution in the range of 2.0-2.4 is feasible. The deoxidizing, pressing and sintering performances of preparated AUGdC powder are excellent. The sinter density of UO
2-Gd
2O
3 pellets is above 96%T.D.(theoretical density), Gd and U distributing equally, forming the UO
2-Gd
2O
3 solid solution, the average grain size is above 18 μm.